Recipe

Did you just get your weekly box of organic vegetables and do not know what to do with them? Are you cooking on a budget? Well, do not let…

I made a lovely courgette and potato soup today because I didn’t know what else to do with the courgettes I had in my fridge. I honestly don’t know…

  Okra or okro is also known as lady’s fingers or if you hop over to our spicy cousins in India, they call it bhindi. It needs no introduction and tonight I have…

  Ladies and gentlemen, for all those in the battle to lose weight, I have another simple and healthy meal idea which can be ready in 20 minutes: meal…

I drafted this benachin (Gambian jollof) recipe nearly 4 years ago. I don’t know why I didn’t publish it at the time, or what I was waiting for. It…

Yesterday I told you about some of the issues I have with cooking jollof rice but I will not dwell on them. To make a really quick dinner, I…

Jollof needs no introduction, it is a well loved staple in West Africa, particularly in Ghana and Nigeria. It originates from Senegal and the Gambia region sometimes grouped into…

I love aubergines and never realised before that they require care, technique and a delicate balance to get them just right. I mean, when aubergines are made perfectly they…

Rainbow food series – purple Some much loved vegetables in Ghana are known locally as garden eggs. These are usually white to yellow and look just like, you guessed…

Rainbow food series – yellow Recipe 150g of yellow cherry or baby plum tomatoes (Tesco currently has a good 290g pack of meli melo toms, pick out the yellow…